Ice-pick.



D. W. BAKER.

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PatentedJan. 24, 1911.

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DANIEL W. BAKER, OF PHILLIPSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

ICE-PICK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 24, 1911.

Application filed June 8, 1910. Serial No. 565,708.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANinL IV. BAKER, a citizen, of the United States,residing at Phillipston, in the county of lVorcester and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ice-Picks,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in tools such as are employed forcutting ice.

It is well-known, when a single edged cutting tool is driven into oneend portion of a cake of ice, for the purpose of dividing the cake intosmaller pieces, that the end portion removed frequently breaks obliqueto the main piece due to the fact that the cutting implement does notmake a straight cut. This occurs more frequently when the ice is cuttransverse the planes of freezing and it has been observed that thechief cause for the ice breaking at a point above the lower' face of thecake is due to the position the cutting implement occupies, in the handsof Unless one has considerable practice in breaking ice with a singleedged tool, the tool will invariably beheld at an angle to the ice withj the result that the removed piece will break parallel with the planesof freezing at a point adjacent the center of the cake.

The present invention therefore aims at the production of a tool havingfor one of its objects the provision of a means which when operating ona cake of ice in a plane transverse the planes of freezing, will form anincision into the said cake at right angles to the planes of freezing,the incision just formed being of such depth as to constitute a guide,so that when the ice is tapped with a single edged tool, it will beimpossible for the said single edged tool to penetrate the ice in anyother way, but at right angles to the planes of freezing, whereby astraight eut will be made through the body of the ice.

Vith these and other objects in view, which will more fully hereinafterappear, the present invention consists in certain novel details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointedout in the appended claims.

In the aecompanyingdrawings, forming part of the specification ;--Figurel is a perspective view of the device. F ig. 2, is a vertical seetionalview of the same.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to designate correspondingparts throughout.

The device includes in its construction a head, said head being formedof a single casting and comprising opposite side portions, the said sideportions being oblong in contour and rectangular in cross section andjoined together at one end as shown at 5. The side members diverge forportions of their length as shown at 6 and Z and terminate in parallelportions 8 and 9, t-he free ends of which are ground to provide cuttingedges as shown at l0, the connected ends of the side members beinglikewise ground to provide a cutting edge.

A handle is designated by the numeral 10 and is divided at one end for ashort distance, in the direction of its length so as to provide prongs11 and l2, which are flexed outwardly and iixedly secured adjacent tothe middles of the parallel portions 8 and 9 and on the opposed innerfaces thereof, it being understood that the body ofthe handle willextend at right angles to the head as shown in the drawings.

By reference now to the drawings it will be seen that the outer cornersof the side members are connected by a cross piece 1l', the lower edgeof which is sharpened and in a plane with the edges of the sides 9 andl0.

With this construction it will be manifest when incisions are made in acake of ice by means of the cutting edges on the parallel side portionsS and 9, said incisions will, when the cake is operated upon in adirection transverse the planes of freezing, be at right angles to theplanes of freezing, and the said incisions will be of such depth thatwhen the position of the head is reversed by turning the handle l0 andthe wedgeshaped end formed by the diverging portions 6 and 7 forced intothe said incisions the sides of the latter will act as a guide so thatthe sharpened edge of the wedge-shaped end will cut at right angles theplanes of freezing, whereby the calare will be severed on a straightline.

It will be further observed, that the cross piece l1 will serve thepurpose of a scraper for removing the chips from the incision made bythe edges of the sides and cross iece. p I claim l. An ice cutting toolcomprising aI head wedge-shaped at one end and having at its oppositeend spaced and parallel side portions the free ends of Which aresharpened, a sharpened cross piece connecting the outer sides of thesaid free ends, and a handle secured to said head.

2. In an ice-cutt-ing tool, a head including a pair of side portionsfixedly secured together at one end and diverging for a portion of theirlengt-h and terminating in parallel portions, the free ends of Which aresharpened, a cross blade connecting the outer sides of the parallelportions and having its cutting edge in a lane with the sharpened freeends of the said parallel portions, and a handle secured to the saidparallel portions.

3. In an ice-cutting tool, a head including a pair of sidemenibers,'fixedly secured together at one end and sharpened to provide acutting edge, the said side members diverging for a portion of theirlength and terminating in spaced parallel portions, the free ends ofWhich are sharpened, and a handle divided at one end in the direction ofits length and secured to the opposed inner faces of the said parallelportion.

In testimony whereof I aHX my signature in presence of two Witnesses. Y

DANIEL W. BAKER. Witnesses:

GEO. R. VVAREIELD, I-IELEN HINES.

